28 JANUARY 1966, page 16

Theatre

Portrait of a Madman COFIELD'S Khlestakov at the Aldwych is a aperformance of manic proportions: bound- ing over the stage on double-jointed legs, with a twirl of his cane or a......

An Address To The Electors Of Oxford

By EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH ERY laughable, this little affair they're V having up in Oxford. The election to the Professorship of Poetry, I mean. What?—You haven't heard of it? Why,......

Music

Singing Saint A FI ER the Festival Hall premiere of Michael Tippett's latest, The Vision of Saint Augustine, I heard a superb BBC recording of it and spent a lot of time on the......